(Mini-Review) Gamer's Edge - Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

The Dating Life of ViscountEric (TM) continues, and this past weekend, I descended upon Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a long time away.  

Stroudsburg is the directionally deficient neighbor to East Stroudsburg, and my college stomping grounds at East Stroudsburg University.   Many a trip was taken over both bridges for the local comic book shop, some non-BK fast food, or a trip to the Main Street Jukebox.  We would never visit drinking establishments.  

Stroudsburg had already been invaded by New Yorkers 25 years ago, but now you can call it fully gentrified.  Traffic for a Saturday night was insane, parking problematic compared to my arrival time, but the trees were still lit with white Christmas lights, making things bright and cheery.

I was super-early for meeting up, and not wanting to give up a perfect parking spot, I wandered down the street to Gamer's Edge to peruse for 15 minutes.  

I reviewed Gamer's Edge almost 7 years ago.  and once prior to that in their original location.  

So, my thoughts after being away for 7 years.  

It's improving. 

Wargaming:  GW (and D&D minis)

Board Games: solid but not overwhelming inventory. 

RPG:  Mostly D&D with some odd ducks, and a few USED RPG books at reasonable prices.

CCG:  Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh/Magic. Packs and Singles.

Video Game:  Used systems and games.

Open Gaming: Large area in the back for various forms of tournaments.   The clientele for a Saturday night seemed to match my crew from my 2018 review, and probably every iteration of a FLGS in Stroudsburg leading from the late 20th Century on.  I don't know if "Warhammer Moms" are still a thing, but I felt uncomfortable going back there, so I can't imagine anyone else who would be out of their element. 

This was from the 2018 review, this section, and this clientele remains the same.

Gamer's Edge is at 580 Main St in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.  I do feel it's gotten a wee bit better, but it still retains my 3 1/2 out of 5 gnome rating. 

I'm not starting up a competition with Barstool, but two extra reviews:

Bovino's Brewery - 610 Main St Stroudsburg - Small brewery, bar, and restaurant.  We had flights of various beers and sandwiches.  Beers are varied, all were well made, some just not to our liking.  Sandwiches hit the spot.  Staff was super nice.  Date was superpicky at prior brewpubs, and loved everything.   4 1/2 out of 5 gnomes. 

The Renegade Winery - Far trendier feeling place that was packed when we went to Bovino's.  We stopped in after dinner and the place was empty at 8:30pm, and they were open to 10!  We tasted some wines, and despite completely different palates, most of of the wines we tasted were horribly bitter, and much to my date's chagrin, the lone wine I picked, simply because it had "unicorn farts" in the description was only one we both liked. What was advertised as an overload and fruity and sweet, was more of a refreshing summer wine.    2 out of 5 gnomes.